How Do You Live?
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Paperback · September 12, 2023
As featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that became a New York Times bestseller.
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- Who it’s for
- A classic, lightly playful read with cultural resonance and a serious undertow.
- Genres
- Historical Asia, Loss & Grief, Friendship
- Published
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, September 12, 2023
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As featured in the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film The Boy and the Heron: the coming-of-age novel How Do You Live? is a Japanese classic that became a New York Times bestseller. After the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Copper must confront inevitable and enormous change, including the aftermath of his own betrayal of his best friend. Between episodes of Copper’s emerging story, letters from his uncle share knowledge and offer advice on life’s big questions.
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Like his namesake Copernicus, Copper looks to the stars and uses his discoveries about the heavens, earth, and human nature to answer the question of how he will live. First published in 1937 in Japan, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been an important book for Academy Award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle). Perfect for readers of philosophical fiction like The Alchemist and The Little Prince, How Do You Live? serves as a thought-provoking guide for young readers as they grow up in a world both infinitely large and unimaginably small.
Classic Texture
A classic, lightly playful read with cultural resonance and a serious undertow.
Come here for
- Japanese classic texture
- Layered, playful readability
Expect
- Sustained narrative immersion
- Historical Asia framing
Where it sits
| Friendship | 72% |
|---|---|
| Loss & Grief | 54% |
| Historical Asia | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Stories Set in Asia
- Friendship
- Visionary & Metaphysical
- Authors
- Genzaburo Yoshino, Bruno Navasky, Neil Gaiman
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- September 12, 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Stories Set in Asia